Microsoft Reveals 65 More ID@Xbox Developers

In December, Microsoft revealed a partial list of the developers signed onto the ID@Xbox independent publishing program. Today, a long list of additional studios has been made available.

Among the list of 65 studios (selected from over 200 ID@Xbox participants) are Compulsion Games (Contrast), Mediatonic (Foul Play), Neocore Games (The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing), Playdead (Limbo), and Warhorse Studios (Kingdom Come: Deliverance). Two of the first ID@Xbox games were recently revealed to be Nutjitsu from Ninjabee and Worms Battlegrounds from Team17.

Our TakeThis is an extensive list, but I’d like to know more about the games on the near horizon. Sony’s indie machine is well-oiled, and while I expect that things will even out a bit down the road, Microsoft needs some indies to get their games out there soon.

I notice a lot of the xbox1 supporters on the ign website always poke fun when ps4 gets indie games. they usually say well at least we get aaa games. I personally love indie games they are always the most creative and usually have a lot of meaning behind them. Its good that xbox1 has indie support, everyone should support indie studios their the aaa game makers of the future.

That really is a large list! I'm glad that Microsoft seems to really be opening their doors to indie developers. Sony and Microsoft really seem to be doing a lot for these groups. It's exciting to think of how many job opportunities have opened up because of the support system Sony and Microsoft are providing!

The very little (and I mean very very little) of Van Helsing I've played has just been nothing but problems. It crashes, freezes and sometimes locks my computer. I tried getting support from the discussion boards but most people were pretty rude (Not the developers). Basically stating that every PC is different and the obvious stuff.

That's not very helpful and I was easily not the only one with problems. Which is a shame because the tiny bit I played was fun; just stressful.

All that aside, the list is full off good indie devs; and I'm especially looking forward to Kingdom Come: Deliverance.